7th Annual International Meeting For Autism Research ... - Confex

Program
10:00 13 104.13
Production Of Emotional Prosody And Facial Expressions In
Adolescents With Autism. R. B. Grossman* 1 , L. R. Edelson 1 , L. B.
Rubinstein 2 , J. Lomibao 3 , S. Borawski 1 and H. Tager-Flusberg 1 ,
(1)Boston University School of Medicine, (2)Boston University,
(3)Boston Autism Consortium
10:00 14 104.14
Do joint attention problems persist in verbal children with
autism?. K. Leadbitter* and C. Lewis, Lancaster University
11:00 15 104.15
Acquisition of Social-Communicative Behavior in Toddlers at
Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders. W. J. Guthrie* 1 , C. Lord 1 ,
M. Coffing 2 , R. Petrak 1 , R. Niehus 1 and S. Risi 1 , (1)University
of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center, (2)
Vanderbilt University
11:00 16 104.16
Joint Attention in Infants and Toddlers with an Autism
Spectrum Disorder: Research into the Underlying Processes. I.
Schietecatte* and H. Roeyers, Ghent University
Poster Presentations
105 Human Genetics Posters 1
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Champagne Terrace/Bordeaux
12:00 17 105.1
The DLX1and DLX2 Genes and Susceptibility to Autism
Spectrum Disorders. X. Liu* 1 , N. Novosedlik 1 , M. Hudson 1 , A.
Wang 1 , I. L. Cohen 2 , A. Chudley 3 , C. Forster-Gibson 1 , S. M. Lewis 4
and J. J. Holden 1 , (1)Queen’s Univerity, (2)NYS Institute for
Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, (3)University of
Manitoba, (4)University of British Columbia
11:00 18 105.2
Yield of Standard Genetic Testing in a Large Autism Diagnostic
Clinic. P. Manning-Courtney* and J. Ruschman, University of
Cincinnati
12:00 19 105.3
Biochemical And Genetic Studies Of The Mitochondrial
Aspartate/Glutamate Carrier AGC1. L. Palmieri 1 , V. Papaleo 2 , V.
Porcelli 1 , P. Scarcia 1 , R. Sacco 2 , J. Hager 3 , F. Rousseau 3 and A.
M. Persico* 2 , (1)Univ. of Bari, (2)Univ. Campus Bio-Medico, (3)
IntegraGen
12:00 20 105.4
Reelin Gene Expression And Epigenetic Status In Temporal
Cortex Of Autistic Brains. C. Lintas* 1 , K. Garbett 2 , K. Mirnics 2 and
A. M. Persico 1 , (1)Univ. Campus Bio-Medico, (2)Vanderbilt Univ.
11:00 21 105.5
A genome-wide association study of autism. X. Q. Liu* 1 , A. P.
Thompson 2 , D. Pinto 1 , J. Skaug 1 , L. Zwaigenbaum 3 , W. Roberts 1 ,
S. W. Scherer 1 , P. Szatmari 2 and A. D. Paterson 1 , (1)The Hospital
for Sick Children, (2)Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster
University, (3)Glenrose Rehab Hospital/ University of Alberta
11:00 22 105.6
Cognitive And Behavioral Characterization Of The Potocki-
Lupski Syndrome. D. E. Treadwell-Deering* 1 , M. P. Powell 1 , J.
R. Lupski 2 and L. Potocki 1 , (1)Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor
College of Medicine, (2)Baylor College of Medicine
11:00 23 105.7
Descriptive Analysis of 252 Twin Sets Recruited Through a
National Online ASD Registry and Research Database. K. Law*,
A. Marvin, C. Anderson, C. Cohen and P. Law, Kennedy Krieger
Institute
12:00 24 105.8
Human Cerebellar Malformations and Autism Share
Susceptibility Loci. K. A. Aldinger* 1 , I. D. Krantz 2 , W. B. Dobyns 1
and K. J. Millen 1 , (1)The University of Chicago, (2)The Children’s
Hospital of Phialdelphia
11:00 25 105.9
Replication and Association Analysis of a 1p13-q12 Locus
for Nonverbal Communication Deficits in Autism Spectrum
Disorder. J. L. Yoon, M. Alarcon, D. Geschwind and R. M.
Cantor*, UCLA
11:00 26 105.10
Detecting Cognitive Endophenotypes for Autism Using a General
Population Twin Family Sample. R. A. Hoekstra* 1 , M. Bartels 2 , G.
F. Estourgie-van Burk 2 , S. Baron-Cohen 1 and D. I. Boomsma 2 , (1)
University of Cambridge, (2)VU University
11:00 27 105.11
The relationship between molecular subtype and autism
symptom severity in Angelman Syndrome. S. U. Peters* 1 , L. M.
Bird 2 , R. Barbieri-Welge 2 , W. H. Tan 3 , R. Hundley 3 , S. Skinner 4 , A.
Bauer-Carlin 4 , T. Sahoo 1 and C. A. Bacino 1 , (1)Baylor College of
Medicine, (2)Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, (3)Childrens
Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, (4)Greenwood
Genetics Center
11:00 28 105.12
Differences in Clinical Presentation of Trisomy 21 with and
without Autism. C. A. Molloy* 1 , D. S. Murray 1 , H. Castillo 1 , F. J.
Hickey 1 , B. Patterson 1 and A. Kinsman 2 , (1)Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital Medical Center, (2)Greenville Hospital System
Children’s Hospital
12:00 29 105.13
CADHERIN-11 as a possible candidate gene for autism. A.
C. Crepel* 1 , H. Peeters 1 , J. R. Vermeesch 1 , J. Steyaert 2 , D.
Walleghem 3 and K. Devriendt 1 , (1)University of Leuven, (2)
University of Leuven, and Dept. Clinical Genetics, University of
Maastricht, Netherlands, (3)University Center for Child and Youth
Psychiatry
12:00 30 105.14
Association of MET with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Co-
Occurring Gastrointestinal Symptoms. D. B. Campbell* 1 , T. M.
Buie 2 , H. S. Winter 2 , M. Bauman 2 , J. S. Sutcliffe 1 , J. M. Perrin 2
and P. Levitt 1 , (1)Vanderbilt University, (2)Massachusetts General
Hospital for Children
11:00 31 105.15
Genomic Copy Number And Phenotypic Variability Of The
Autism Spectrum Disorders. Y. Qiao* 1 , X. Liu 2 , M. Koochek 1 ,
N. Riendeau 1 , P. Malenfant 2 , C. Harvard 1 , J. Hildebrand 1 , J. J.
Holden 2 , E. Rajcan-Separovic 1 and S. M. Lewis 1 , (1)University of
British Columbia, (2)Queen’s Univerity
11:00 32 105.16
Rate of Chromosomal Anomalies in an Iranian Autism Sample.
A. Tolouei 1 , R. Sasanfar 2 , S. Haddad 3 , M. Houshmand 4 , M.
Rostami 5 and S. L. Santangelo* 2 , (1)Special Education
Organization of Iran, (2)Harvard Medical School, (3)Center for
Human Genetic Research, (4)National Institute for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology, (5)Medical Molecular Genetic
Laboratory
12:00 33 105.17
Expression and methylation of the serotonin transporter gene
in lymphoblastoïde cell lines from autistic patients carrying
different genotypes for 5–HTTLPR. P. Vourc’h* 1 , R. Tabagh 1 , S.
Védrine 1 , C. Barthelemy 2 , C. Moraine 1 and C. R. Andres 1 , (1)
INSERM U930, University François-Rabelais de Tours, (2)CHRU
de Tours, INSERM U930, University François-Rabelais of Tours
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